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LexisNexis® Antitrust Legal News
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Pa. Federal Judge Dismisses Conspiracy Claims Related To 4G Standard Setting
PHILADELPHIA - A developer of technology used to locate mobile handsets failed to sufficiently allege that the standard-setting organization (SSO) and three of its corporate members engaged in a conspiracy to exclude the developer's technology from the SSO's standard, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled Jan. 9, concluding that the...
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Hospital Defeats Motion To Dismiss Its Conspiracy Claim, N.J. Federal Judge Rules
CAMDEN, N.J. - A hospital in New Jersey plausibly alleged that other hospitals conspired to exclude it from the market for cardiac procedures but failed to plausibly allege that the other hospitals conspired to monopolize the market for emergency cardiac procedures, a federal judge in New Jersey ruled Dec. 30...
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California Federal Judge Dismisses With Prejudice Antitrust Claims Against EBay
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Coin dealers and coin graders failed to sufficiently allege that eBay Inc. engaged in a conspiracy in restraint of trade or unlawful monopolization by eBay's adopting a rule requiring that coins be graded by one of five grading services to be listed on eBay as "certified,"...
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Single Franchise Contract, Ordinance Don't Violate Antitrust Law, Judge Rules
TACOMA, Wash. - A Washington county that passed an ordinance enforcing a single franchise contract between the county and an ambulance company for ambulance services in the county is insulated from antitrust liability by the state action doctrine, a federal judge in Washington ruled Dec. 22 in granting judgment to...
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High Court Will Not Consider State-Action Immunity In Tying Lawsuit
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 17 declined to review a 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that a city in Oklahoma is not entitled to state-action immunity in an electricity provider's lawsuit alleging that the city unlawfully tied its provision of electricity to sewage services...
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